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Bachelor of Arts in Sociology
Concentration in Criminology
The Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Winthrop University offers a concentration in Criminology. This option provides
training for a wide variety of occupations
such as law enforcement and the judiciary.
Criminology does not focus on techniques of
police investigation or other applied courses,
but focuses on providing a broad liberal
arts education. Courses include Criminology,
Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems, Law
Enforcement and Social Control, and Corrections.
For more information, contact:
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SOCL335-Law Enforcement & Social Control: Analysis of the development of policing
and organization and operation of police
agencies and how they function in roles as
law enforcers, peace keepers, and service
agents in modern society.
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SOCL337-Corrections: Society’s response in
correctional systems to convicted lawbreakers. Development of punishments, penal
institutions, and community corrections.
CRIMINOLOGY CURRICULUM
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SOCL516-Social Research Experience II:
Study of social research methods, with an
emphasis on survey research and analyses of
quantitative data, and the experience of carrying out a research project.
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SOC101-Social Problems & Social Policy:
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SOCL525-Sociology of Law: This course will
Types, extent, and causes of social problems.
Strategies for solutions.
examine the major sociological perspectives
on law and society, legal reasoning, morality
and law as well as substantive issues relating
to the legal process.
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SOCL201– Principles of Sociology:
Introduction to the perspectives, approaches
and basic concepts used in the sociological
study of human social behavior.
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SOCL598-Senior Survey: Issues, trends and
research in contemporary sociology.
Department of
Sociology and Anthropology
Winthrop University
320 Kinard Hall
Rock Hill, South Carolina
29733
803/323-2181
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SOCL227-Criminal & Juvenile Justice
Systems: Development, organization, and
operation of the police, courts, and corrections. Includes the rudiments of the juvenile
system.
In addition to the course work listed above,
the department encourages students to
enroll in internships. The department has
formed partnerships with numerous organizations.
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SOCL302-Social Theory: Survey of the mas-
Students have interned at several local criminal justice and social service institutions. For
example, students have been placed at ECO
women’s prison, YMCA, York County Juvenile
Arbitration and Winthrop Law Enforcement.
Dr. Jonathan Marx, Chair
Department of
Sociology and Anthropology
334 Kinard Hall
Office phone: 803/323-4657
E-mail: marxj@winthrop.edu
ters of sociological thought.
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SOCL316-Introduction to Social Research:
Research process, the relationship of theory
to research, technique, and simple statistical
analysis.
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SOCL325-Criminology: Extent, patterns,
and causes of crime and delinquency.
ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA
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SOCL330-Deviant Behavior Rule-breaking
processes in society. Attention given to deviant identities, subcultures, rule types, and
normalizing deviants once they are labeled.